Anti-Militancy Op: Jammu-Poonch Highway Again Closed
Poonch, Nov 26 : The traffic movement on Jammu-Poonch highway was stopped this morning amid ongoing massive search operation in Nar forest area of Mendhar in Poonch district for the last few days by security forces, officials said.
They told GNS that a combing operation was launched by the army several days back on apprehension of presence of militants in the dense forest area.
As a precautionary measure, vehicular traffic on the highway between Bhimber Gali and Jaranwali Gali was suspended, they said. The traffic on the highway was also stopped on Thursday after it was restored yesterday morning at around 8100 hours, they said.
A police official confirmed to GNS that the highway was closed again and said that search operation was continuing.